TTRPG Pickup Con Games Schedule

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“Onward To Adventure!” A Standard One Shot in the Age of Adventure RPG. Led by GM Age
Dec
7

“Onward To Adventure!” A Standard One Shot in the Age of Adventure RPG. Led by GM Age

"AGE OF ADVENTURE RPG is a rules-light fantasy hack of the 'Lasers & Feelings' d6 dice pool system. 

You are a member of an adventuring party undertaking a dangerous and heroic quest in a world of magic, might, and monsters! Be prepared for some old-school fun as you dice with death in search of fortune and glory! So grab your pack, sharpen your sword and ready your spells. Now Onward To Adventure!

The game will be hosted in the Age of Adventure Discord server. You will be assigned your own character sheet channel, and there will be background music and encounter images to enhance immersion.

This is a brand new adventure so both new and returning players are welcome."

This game will be great if you like the heroic fantasy adventure genre and lots of dice rolls

select a pre-generated character or play a previous character.

Here are 36 pre-generated Characters you can choose from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18vwRJ5wRFtdQr2G5lXcQoTisKEY_Nioo/view?usp=sharing New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in another Discord server, https://discord.gg/ZMZTHvQYGJ CW: Potential Character Death

GM Age’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/gm-age

Check out the Rules:

https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg

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“Onward To Adventure!” A Standard One Shot in the Age of Adventure RPG. Led by GM Age
Oct
26

“Onward To Adventure!” A Standard One Shot in the Age of Adventure RPG. Led by GM Age

"AGE OF ADVENTURE RPG is a rules-light fantasy hack of the 'Lasers & Feelings' d6 dice pool system. 

You are a member of an adventuring party undertaking a dangerous and heroic quest in a world of magic, might, and monsters! Be prepared for some old-school fun as you dice with death in search of fortune and glory! So grab your pack, sharpen your sword and ready your spells. Now Onward To Adventure!

The game will be hosted in the Age of Adventure Discord server. You will be assigned your own character sheet channel, and there will be background music and encounter images to enhance immersion.

This is a brand new adventure so both new and returning players are welcome."

This game will be great if you like the heroic fantasy adventure genre and lots of dice rolls

select a pre-generated character or play a previous character.

Here are 36 pre-generated Characters you can choose from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18vwRJ5wRFtdQr2G5lXcQoTisKEY_Nioo/view?usp=sharing New players are welcome.

This system was written by the game runner.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in another Discord server, https://discord.gg/ZMZTHvQYGJ CW: Potential Character Death

GM Age’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/gm-age

Check out the Rules:

https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg

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“The Fall of the House of Richards” a Standard One Shot in the FATE Condensed system. Led by Ansel Burch
Oct
26

“The Fall of the House of Richards” a Standard One Shot in the FATE Condensed system. Led by Ansel Burch

"The Richards family have worked the land in this valley since Haywood Richards walked away from the sea with an oar on his shoulder. They've survived 200 years of history in their stately home where a time capsule has waited for November 22, 1918. What waits in the box for the remaining scions of the line and will it explain any of the strange things that have happened on the farmstead over the centuries?

Play as members of a family as they deal with the legacy of their house and face the darkness they've been quietly ignoring for generations. "

This game will be great if you like Southern Gothic Fiction, Creeping Dread, Dark Family Secrets.

The game runner will provide characters.

This session will be especially good for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚬⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: Isolation, guilt, possession

Check out the Rules: https://fate-srd.com/

Ansel Burch’s Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/ansel-burch

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“The Clean-up Crew” a Standard One Shot / West Marches (Roughly Connected) session in he D&D 5E system. Led by Rayne Bakcheious
Oct
26

“The Clean-up Crew” a Standard One Shot / West Marches (Roughly Connected) session in he D&D 5E system. Led by Rayne Bakcheious

"In this one-shot, you’ll play as members of The Red Hand Adventuring League. Your guild is frequently contracted to kill various beasts or bring back treasures from treacherous dungeons—it’s nice work if you can get it.


But being an adventurer is a hard life, and sometimes a short one. Sometimes the jobs break bad, and that’s where you come in. A member of the guild’s Clean-up Crew, you’re being sent into a long abandoned, and most assuredly haunted, castle to finish what another party has started and bring them home….if there’s anything left. "

This game will be great if you like The Mummy, Supernatural, Pitch Black, etc....

Players should build level 8 characters ahead.

  • D&D 5E | Level 8

    • Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation. 

    • Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. Material from established third-party sources is encouraged, but will need to be submitted to review at least 1 day before play.

Players need to be familiar with this system.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

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This game will be hosted in room #2 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. The game runner will use Shmeppy whiteboards for mapping. https://shmeppy.com/ Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.

CW: death, undeath, hauntings, mild/moderate gore and body horror 


Rayne Bakcheious’ Game Runner Profile- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/rayne-bakcheious

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“Flower Liches of the Dragonboat Festival” a Standard One Shot in the Old School Essentials led by CacodemonSlayer14.
Oct
28

“Flower Liches of the Dragonboat Festival” a Standard One Shot in the Old School Essentials led by CacodemonSlayer14.

CacodemonSlayer14’s game runner profile.- https://www.indecisionist.com/ttrpg-pickup-con-game-runners/liberty-the-referee

"The ill omens have come. The priests have chanted their chants.

The Flower Liches are here.

Their race is on!

In an ancient Asian city, a deadly and strangely magnificent festival is taking place. The dragonboat race of the Flower Liches, Ancient and dark undead kings and queens of beautiful blossoms conjured into the city to boost their wealth of the city, however, their payment is the dragonboat race.

This dragonboat race is unlike any other. It is a deathly death race over the water with one team winning and the last team sacrificed to the Flower Liches, however, the rules of reality within the race are different and horrors are spawned in the river where the race is held.

Come join the race and risk not only your body, but your very soul for riches unimaginable.

Explore the city where the Flower Liches call home and try to thrive and survive the bizarre streets and the stranger beings that live in them.

Perhaps even dare to delve into the Flower Liches' houses of flowers and ghouls to uncover their riches."

This game will be great if you like Enter the Dragon, Legend of the Demon Cat, Wacky Races,

Death Race 2000, and Big Trouble in Little China

The game runner will provide level 1 characters.

Come with an open mind. Know how to think outside of the box. Be flexible

New players are welcome.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server

CW: Anachronistic China, violence, horror themes

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Cold and Alone
Oct
15

Cold and Alone

A Standard One Shot in the Starscape - PbtA system, led by RaynorFrejrûn.

"Space, the final frontier.  These are the voyages of the starship....”

You are crew members aboard a Nova-class science vessel.  While surveying a nearby nebula, your ship was hit by an unknown anomaly; the crew was ordered to abandon ship to the planet below.  With your crew scattered on this unhospitable planet, can you survive long enough to be rescued?  Or will be hunted down before you can escape?

This game will use the beta rules for Starscape, a new PbtA setting.  I will be using this to create a Star Trek analog.  

This game will be great if you like Star Trek, Mostly the TNG,DS9 and Voyager era.

We will build characters in session. Come prepared with ideas.

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner has run this game a few times now.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord and spectators are welcome.

CW: Violence, Death, Hallowen-esque themes (it is October after all) but nothing over PG-13

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A Tiger By Its Stripes
Oct
15

A Tiger By Its Stripes

A standard one shot in the Masks: A New Generation system, led by Kyle of Five Point Games in their San Fransapporo setting. Familiarity with the San Fransapporo setting isn't required, all information will be presented in game. If you own The Worst Generation by Five Point Games you're free to use those materials.

Highschool Super Hero Hijinks

This game will be great if you like Big Trouble in Little China

We will build characters in session.

This game will be great for new players.

The Game Runner is very familiar with this system

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

This game will be hosted on the con discord in room #. Spectators are welcome.

CW: None

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Midnight at the Manor
Oct
15

Midnight at the Manor

A Standard One Shot in the DnD 5E system, led by Rayne Bakcheious

Well past the outside of town, at the edge of a still lake and the foot of the Obsidian Mountains, lies the manor of Count Võn Dragȗül. Your small town has long dwelt in the shadow of this mysterious nobleman, but little is known about him. So it was all the more shocking to find his wanted ad pined to the door of the tavern this morning,

“Seeking to hire an enterprising group of mercenaries to rid my ancestral home of a malicious ghostly presence. Payment will be made in land or gold, as you desire. Please report to the front door of my home just after sunset. Those of religious affiliation need not apply.

-- Alabastrȃān Vladȇmǒrn Võn Dragȗül

Count of the Obsidian Pass”

This game will be great if you like What We Do in the Shadows, The Mummy, vampire stories in general

Players should build level 10 characters ahead.

Use point-buy or standard array for stat generation.

Any officially published content for classes, feats, ancestries, etc is fine. EXCEPT: clerics and paladins. The “turn undead” spell will also not be allowed.

Assume that as adventures you’ve been able to purchase any armor, standard weapon, or standard adventuring equipment worth no more than 150gp a piece.

For spellcasters: assume that you have the material components needed to cast the spells you’ve chosen.

You can pick 2 magic items or weapons of up to uncommon rarity. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

If you have any backstory notes, please feel free to let me know. Please send me a copy of (or link to) your character sheet at least 2 days before we play.

Players should be familiar with this system prior to signing up.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con’s Discord and spectators are welcome.

CW: Death, undeath, blood, fantasy violence

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Raptor Peak: The Mountain's Crypts
Oct
15

Raptor Peak: The Mountain's Crypts

A West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the D&D 5e system, led by Ansel Burch

Beneath the tourist village of Raptor Peak is a system of natural caves and catacombs which have long been used as the final resting place for locals. As autumn comes on and the winter solstice approaches, the spirits of the mountain become restless. What makes this year different from any other? Well, no one is quite sure, but it has resulted in some fairly bitey former residents trying to inhabit their homes again despite the current owner's protests.

This game will be great if you like Shaun of the Dead, LOTR: The Return of the King

Players should build level 11 characters ahead. Otherwise, please let the game runner know (give me any ideas you have) and I will prepare a character for you. 

You may use either a standard array or roll your stats (roll 4, keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest). 

Your characters should come into the session with up to six magic items: one “common”, two "uncommon", two "rare" and one "very rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above."

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con server and spectators are welcome.

CW: Undead, damp, bugs

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Envoy to Boulderdeep
Oct
15

Envoy to Boulderdeep

A Standard One Shot session in the D&D 5e system, led by Adam Mc.

It has been over a fortnight since you’ve heard anything from the normally bustling dwarven town of Boulderdeep. Scouts have reported that, strangely, both surface entrances to town have collapsed. You have volunteered to join a small envoy that will attempt to reach Boulderdeep through a disused mineshaft and make contact with the Under-jarl, Ulf Stoneshield. There are many dangerous things that can lurk underground, but you’ve got a very personal reason for venturing there.

This game will be great if you like LOTR

This is a game for 6th lvl dwarf characters.

Players should build 6th level dwarf characters ahead. Any officially published classes are fine, but only 1 party member per class.

This game will be great for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #1 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server.

CW: Violence

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Cause and Effect
Oct
15

Cause and Effect

A game in the MASKS - PbtA system, led by Raynor Frejrûn

After the tragic incidents at the annual Supers Olympics, hundreds are dead, and thousands more injured. What's more, the new designer drug EXCELSIOR can give mundanes powers for the right price. The people of Halcyon City have demanded regulation, and the government is responding. How will our "heroes" respond to the new government oversight and regulations?

This game will be great if you like Marvel and DC. Marvels Civil War (Comic and Movie)

Players should build characters ahead.

This game will be grat for new players.

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬

This game will be hosted in room #4 of the con discord and spectators are welcome.

CW: Dirty Politics, Comic Book Violence.

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Raptor Peak: The Mountain's Crypts
Oct
15

Raptor Peak: The Mountain's Crypts

A West Marches (Roughly Connected) game in the D&D 5e system, led by Ansel Burch

Beneath the tourist village of Raptor Peak is a system of natural caves and catacombs which have long been used as the final resting place for locals. As autumn comes on and the winter solstice approaches, the spirits of the mountain become restless. What makes this year different from any other? Well, no one is quite sure, but it has resulted in some fairly bitey former residents trying to inhabit their homes again despite the current owner's protests.

This game will be great if you like Shaun of the Dead, LOTR: The Return of the King

Players should build level 11 characters ahead. Otherwise, please let the game runner know (give me any ideas you have) and I will prepare a character for you. 

You may use either a standard array or roll your stats (roll 4, keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest). 

Your characters should come into the session with up to six magic items: one “common”, two "uncommon", two "rare" and one "very rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above."

This game will be great for new players. 

The game runner is very familiar with this system.

Tone: Silly⚪⚪⚪⚬⚬ Serious

Combat: ⚪⚪⚬⚬⚬

Role Play: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Exploration: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚬

This game will be hosted in room #3 of the TTRPG Pickup Con server and spectators are welcome.

CW: Undead, damp, bugs

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Call of Cthulhu: Scritch Scratch
Oct
16

Call of Cthulhu: Scritch Scratch

A game in the Call of Cthulhu system, led by Liberty the referee.

Scritch, scratch, see the rat, Bright eyes and twitching tail, Scritch, scratch, chase the rat, 'Cross hill, stream, and dale. Scritch, scratch, catch the rat, Hang him by his tail, Scritch, scratch, good old rat, Their appetites curtail Scritch, scratch, no more rats, The children all shall wail, Scritch, scratch, the wood's come back, The falling of the veil . . . Set in the modern-day, in a quiet valley somewhere in the north of England, this adventure concerns the demise of an age-old tradition in the quaint village of Muscoby—and the consequences of forgetting the Old Ways. Muscoby has never not had a rat catcher. Old Gurteen has been carrying on the tradition in the village, but recently he was involved in an accident and is now hospitalized. With Old Gurteen away, who will ensure the rat population is kept in check?

This game will be great if you like Works of H.P. Lovecraft. The Blair Witch Project. The Wicker Man (1973). Midsommar. And other folk horror.

Level 1 characters will be provided. keep an open mind. Read your character's sheet and background before the game.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will be deadly seriuos and favro role play over combat.

This game will be hosted on the con’s Discord server in room 1 and spectators are welcome.

CW: Scary things happening, cruelty to animals, general inescapable doom.

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Raptor Peak: The Owl's Wings
Oct
16

Raptor Peak: The Owl's Wings

A game in the D&D5E system, led by Ansel Burch.

Raptor Peak is an idyllic mountain resort town and it has to be kept that way at all costs. When the village rotary begins to have some internal struggle, who will stand up to expose corruption and serve the community over themselves?

This game will be great if you like Hot Fuzz, Renaissance Fairs, Murder She Wrote.

This game is for 7th level characters. You should build or level up your characters ahead if you are able. Otherwise, please let me know (give me any ideas you have) and I will prepare a character for you. You may use either standard array or rolled (Roll 4, Keep 3: 7 times, drop the lowest). Your characters should come into the session with four magic items: one "common", two "uncommon" and one "rare". A list is available here: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items Returning characters who have picked items during previous adventurers in Raptor Peak need not count them towards the magic items granted above.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will balance the serious with the silly and will lean a little to role play over combat.

This game will be hosted on the con discord and allow spectators.

CW: Corruption, Graft

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Warden of the Woods
Oct
16

Warden of the Woods

A game in the D&D5e system, led by Rayne Whitington.

In this one-shot, you’ll play as members of The Red Hand Adventuring League. Your guild is frequently contracted to kill various beasts or bring back treasures from treacherous dungeons—it’s nice work if you can get it. For this mission, your team is being contracted by a rich elven man ailing from a mysterious illness. He’s called you to the elven island of XXX. You’ll need to brave the enchanted forest at the heart of the island and its legendary keeper to bring him back the cure he needs. If you can, you and your guild will be paid handsomely. This game will be great if you like Dark Crystal, The Book of Kells, The Neverending Story.

Players should build a level 5 character that is working as an adventurer for hire in the Red Hand Adventuring League. Any ancestry, class, or combination multi-class is fine. Please pick 2 magic items or weapons if uncommon rarity or less. https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items

Players should be familiar with the rules of D&D5e.

This game will balance combat with role play and silliness with seriousness.

This game will be hosted on the con discord in Room 1 and spectators are welcome.

CW: Rated PG-13 for fantasy violence

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The Walls of Duskvol
Oct
16

The Walls of Duskvol

A game in the Blades in the Dark setting and system, led by Ansel Burch.

The city of Duskvol is protected by a magical dome that protects its citizens from most of the terrors of the outside world. You'd have to be mad to journey outside into the magical tempest. Well, mad or heavily motivated.

This game will be great if you like Pitch Black, Aliens, Sherlock Holmes (2009), Peaky Blinders.

Players should build characters ahead, we will work together to build our crew prior to the session via email.

This game will be great for new players.

This game will be a little on the dire side and will lean toward role play over combat.

This game will be hosted on the con’s Discord channel in Room 2.

CW: Criminality, undead, environmental peril.

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